be destroyed on one day
Once destroyed, the Chinese idiom, pronounced Hu à y ú y à D à n, describes complete destruction in a very short time. It comes from the biography of Dou Rong in the book of the later Han Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: to be a loser, to be a loser, to fall short of success, to give up all previous achievements
The origin of Idioms
"After a hundred years, it will be destroyed once."
Idiom usage
It's formal; it's predicate and object; it's derogatory. Example: the Old Summer Palace, which has been hard operated for more than a hundred years, is a great hate. (the second volume of Gao Yang's the history of the palace of the Qing Dynasty)
be destroyed on one day
negligent in attending to one's guests - yuán lóng gāo wò
have grandiose aims but puny abilities - yǎn gāo shǒu shēng
confirmed habits are hard to get rid of - jī zhòng nán fǎn
Break the paper and save the ink - duàn zhǐ yú mò